The picture exhibition featuring the youth films shot in Xiamen's Jimei district attracts about 1,000 visitors every day. [Photo/people.cn]

An picture exhibition featuring youth-themed films set in Xiamen's Jimei district, which opened on May 12, has made such a big splash on the internet that the organizing committee has decided to prolong the exhibition to June 9.

About 1,000 visitors on average have visited the exhibition every day and posted photos on China's social media, such as Weibo and WeChat.

The exhibition is a part of the Jimei youth film exhibition, a supporting activity of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, which is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"Different from other picture exhibitions, this exhibition not only uses pictures but also videos to show scenes from films and television works, which is more vivid and interesting," said Huang Shixian after she visited the exhibition.

Huang, who has a doctorate in cinematography from Taiwan's Fu Jen Catholic University, noted that Jimei district has unique natural scenery and cultural deposits, and the district has issued a series of policies to support the film and television industry, which is very attractive to filmmakers from Taiwan.

Jimei district has been striving to promote its film and television industry in recent years. Statistics show that there are more than 350 kinds of film and television enterprises in the area, and nearly 100 films and TV series are shot there every year.